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The Difference Engine
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William Gibson
Bruce Sterling
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1/14/95
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I didn't like it. Babbage's engine works
in 19th century, but it's ignored in a boring murder mystery plot. |
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Beggars in Spain
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Nancy Kress
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(Series)
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Borrowed from: Bilbo
Beggars In Spain
12/4/94
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Liked. Sleepless, Supers, thought strings in shapes
and structures. |
Beggars and Choosers
3/18/96
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Okay. No time spent with the supers.
Cool nanotech. |
Beggars Ride
4/7/98
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Better than previous, but still no time spent with
the supers. Class strife when the Change syringes run out. |
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The Dueling Machine
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Ben Bova
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11/11/94
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Borrowed from: Pat
"The Dueling Machine" is one of the two novels published
in this one book. The other is "The Starwatchman." |
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Space Odyssey
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Arthur C.
Clarke
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(Series)
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Borrowed from: Cesar
Note that I have not read 2001
or 2010.
But I have seen the movies... ;-)
2061: Odyssey Three

7/28/94
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3001: The Final
Odyssey

11/17/97
After finishing it thought, "Okay, now what was
that about... ???"
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The Starwatchman
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Ben Bova
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4/4/94
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Borrowed from: Pat
"The Starwatchman" is one of the two novels published
in this one book. The other is "The Dueling
Machine." |
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Series

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The Well World Series
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Jack L.
Chalker
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(Series:
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Very good series. Recommend it.
A planet designed into "hexes" - hexagonal sections - where differing laws
of physics apply. 3 types, high tech, low tech, & no tech. (anything
goes, only up to steam power, and nothing beyond the simple machines (lever,
pulley, etc.) will work.) Not a good idea to be flying in a plane and cross
into a no-tech hex! eeeerrrRRR*BOOM!* Of course, to fill 10 books,
there's a little more to it than that.
Midnight
at the Well of Souls
8/23/93
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Exiles at
the Well of Souls
9/4/93
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Quest for
the Well of Souls
9/11/93
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The Return
of Nathan Brazil
9/21/93
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Twilight
at the Well of Souls
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The Sea Is Full
of Stars
4/26/0
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Ghost of the
Well of Souls
4/30/0
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Echoes of
the Well of Souls
2/21/94
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Shadow of
the Well of Souls
5/13/94
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Gods of the
Well of Souls
4/18/95
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non-fiction
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Broca's Brain
Reflections on the Romance of Science
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Carl Sagan
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8/11/93
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